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Babies Without Borders: Human Rights, Human Dignity And The Regulation Of International Commercial Surrogacy, Yasmine Ergas
Babies Without Borders: Human Rights, Human Dignity And The Regulation Of International Commercial Surrogacy, Yasmine Ergas
Yasmine Ergas
In recent decades, a robust international market in commercial reproductive surrogacy has emerged. But, as German citizens Jan Balaz and Susan Lohle discovered when they struggled to engineer the last-minute diplomatic compromise that saved their commissioned twins from becoming wards of the Indian state, conflicts among legal frameworks have placed the children born at risk of being “marooned, stateless and parentless.” States have tried to address the individual dramas through ad hoc solutions – issuing emergency entry documents for children caught at borders or compelling administrative authorities to recognize birth certificates related to surrogacy arrangements that run counter to domestic …
Babies Without Borders: Human Rights, Human Dignity And The Regulation Of International Commercial Surrogacy, Yasmine Ergas
Babies Without Borders: Human Rights, Human Dignity And The Regulation Of International Commercial Surrogacy, Yasmine Ergas
Yasmine Ergas
In recent decades, a robust international market in commercial reproductive surrogacy has emerged. But, as German citizens Jan Balaz and Susan Lohle discovered when they struggled to engineer the last-minute diplomatic compromise that saved their commissioned twins from becoming wards of the Indian state, conflicts among legal frameworks have placed the children born at risk of being “marooned, stateless and parentless.” States have tried to address the individual dramas through ad hoc solutions – issuing emergency entry documents for children caught at borders or compelling administrative authorities to recognize birth certificates related to surrogacy arrangements that run counter to domestic …